Kahan



April 26, 1955 H. KAHAN 2,707,023

STOP DEVICE FOR ROLLABLE SHADER AND BLINDS Filed April 17, .1952

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Helen ffa/z an zi w 2% ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 26, 1955 mating the width of the bearings 17 at the lower edge of said top slat. The succeeding surfaces: 13, 14, 11 of the 2 707 023 reel 10 bear the same relation to the width of the second,

third and fourth slats of the series. Thus, when the STOP DEVICE FOR ROLLABLE ES AN shade is reeled up onto the reel there will be a flat stack BLINDS Helen Kahan, Fall River, Mass. 17 of a reeled up slat 16 will project outwardly into plane Application April 17, 1952, Serial No. 232,733 covered by a slat being reeled If desired, the lowermost slat of the series can be 2 Chums" (CL 160 300) weighted so as to prevent the shade from blowing when down or partially down.

y invention relates to improvements in Slat-form 1 3 show that the lefthand end of the reel as viewed in Fig. l shades or the like, although n its broader aspects 1 has the outwardly projecting concentric pintle 19 which it is not to be understood as limit d ther t is received in the bearing portion 21a of a bracket 21.

Briefly and generally Stated, the invention in 0ne 0f Access to the bearing portion 21a is had through the verits phases aims to provide a slat-form blind or the like i l l 211; i di d i Fi 1 which is carried by a reel and wherein means is provided Th right-hand d f h l 10 as i d i Fig, 1 for assuring of neat disposition of the slats in fiat contact ha th concentric outwardly r j ti i tl 20 hi h with one another when the shade has been reeled onto i e i d i th bearing portion 27 of th f its reel-support. portion 27 of the Wall-carried bracket 22.; Further reft is also an object of th in n i n to PTOVlde in a erence will be made presently to the cup-form portion 27 shade reel or the like means for preventing endwise shiftof th bracket 22.

ing of the reeled up shade whether the latter be of slat- When the hade or bli d i olled up to th r l 10 form or otherwise. there is a tendency particularly if the pivot pins 18 are Another phase of the invention has to do with the suploose in the slat bearings 17 for the slats to move longiwhereby the reel can be conveniently operated by means 0 the reel 10 with guard disks 23 having inwardly bevelled Additionally, it is an object of the invention to provide disks 23 are secured by screws 24 or otherwise to the operating means for a reel including a pulley on the end u -fa e ofth l10,

pintle thereof and wall bracket-carried guard means for Taking up now the matter of the means for controlling pu ey gr ve, such guard means embodying means actblin l6, 1 etc it Will be noted from Fig. 5 that the ing against the pulley cord to retain the reel against movepintle 20 of the reel 10 has fast thereon the pulley 25. ment except when the cord is pulled. The hub of the pulley carries a set screw 26 or the like ther objects and advantages of the invention will be for securing it fast on the pintle 20. Fig. 5 also shows understood and appreciated by those versed in the art the cord or other flexible connection 30 trained about the upon reference to the accompanying drawings which lllUS- pu ley 25 and having the depending ends 30a 30b WhlCh to be understood that the invention is susceptible of other closely overlies the periphery of pulley 25.

mechanical expressions within the spirit and scope of the The cup-provided flange 27 of bracket 22 by closely subject matter claimed hereinafter. overlying the periphery of the pulley 25 serves to retain In the drawings, wherein the same reference characters the cord 30 in the pulley groove. However, flange 27 have been usedto designate the same parts throughout has the the several views in retaining the cord ends 30a, 30b against movement Fig. 1 is a front elevational view partly broken and and consequently the pulley 25 and reel 10 a ainst turnshowing a slat-form shade or bhnd and its supporting ing as will now be explained.

ree; Referring to Figs. 4 and 6, it will be noted that the Fig. 2 IS a cross-sectional view through the reel, taken inner end of the gap 28 through which the cord ends 30a, on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; 30/; pass has pivoted thereto as at 31 the rearend of a Fig. 3 is a sectional detail taken on the line 3-3 of gripper jaw 29. The outer free end of the gripper jaw g 2;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 4 the remote end 28:! of the gap 28 by of Fig. 1, and showing the reel-operating and positron spring 32 which is secured to flange 27 at the pivot 31.

control means; Thus, the jaw member 29 is normally urged by the spring F Fl%. 5 1s a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of 32 to grip the cord ends 30a, 30b against the end 28a of Fig. 6 is an end view of the bracket member shown in ment to maintain the reel 10 stationary. However, it will Fig. 5. be ObViOllS that when either one of the cord ends 30a, Referring to the drawings by reference characters, 30 b is pulled (depending upon whether it is desired to numeral 10 designates the reel which as shown is rectan- 5 raise or lower the blind or shade) the aw member 29 gular in cross-section and provides the longitudinally will be swung outwardly so as to permit of free movecoextensive flat sides 11, 12, 13, 14. ment of both cord ends 30a, 3%.

In carrying out the invention, the upper one of a series Thus, it will be evident that I provide a very simple of slats 16 is hinged as at 15 to the face or side 11 of the control means for my reel 10, one which involves only reel 10 at the intersection of said side 11 with the side 12. one moving part (the jaw 29) aside from the pulley and Figs. 1 and 2 show that the slats 16 are hingedly conthe cord 3 nected to one another by pivot pins 18 which extend If desired, the ends 30a, 30b of the cord 30 can be lineally through interfitting bearing portions 17 formed connected so as to form a loop hanging about midway at the respective top and bottom longitudinal edges of the height of the window or other opening in which the ad acent slats 16. shade may be installed. Or the cord ends 30a, 30b can It is to be noted that successive slats 16 from the top be of different colors so as to indicate which is the one one to the bottom one are wider than the next preceding for elevating the shade and which is the one for lowerslat by a distance equal to the width of the bearing poring the shade. tions 17. In t is connection it is to be noted that the The cord 30 can be impregnated with friction material reel surface 12 which receives the top slat 16 is of a width if desired, and for that matter, the groove of the pintle less than the width of the top slat by a distance approxi- 25 may be friction lined, so as to avoid any possibility of the cord 30 slipping owing to weight of the partially lowered blind.

From the foregoing, it is believed that the invention will be readily understood without further discussion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. Mounting and control means for the pintleended carrier reel of a slat-form shade or the like, and comprising bracket-provided bearings for the pintle ends of said reel, a pulley fast on the pintle at one end of said reel, a flexible operating element trained over said pulley and having depending ends, bracketcarried guard means disposed over and closely adjacent to the periphery of said pulley at at least circumferentially spaced points for retaining the flexible operating element in the pulley groove, said guard means providing a gap through which said depending ends of said flexible operating element extend, an outwardly swingable gripping jaw pivoted to said guard at one end of said guard gap, spring means normally acting upon said gripping jaw to cause the free end of said jaw to flexible operating element to impinge the same against said guard at the other end of said gap whereby to retain said reel against rotation, said jaw being swung outwardly by pulling movement on either one of said flexible element ends whereby to admit of movement of both of the same.

2. The combination set forth in claim 1, and said guard means comprising an outwardly projecting collar disposed concentrically about said pintle receiving bearing of said bracket.

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